One in 800
Claims of a 1 in 800 serious adverse event rate from COVID vaccines are flawed, with studies showing vaccine benefits far outweigh the risks.
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Claims of a 1 in 800 serious adverse event rate from COVID vaccines are flawed, with studies showing vaccine benefits far outweigh the risks.
There is no credible evidence that mRNA COVID vaccines contain the cancer-causing SV40 virus, despite recent claims.
There was no effort to trick people into believing that COVID-19 vaccines would completely stop the virus. Vaccine efficacy can decrease over time and as new variants occur.
Given the lack of real facts, this claim is meritless. This particular unlicensed nuclear radiologist gets attention with tweets blaming many deaths on vaccines without any evidence.
mRNA vaccines don’t alter DNA and were accurately redefined in 2018 to reflect their role in stimulating immune responses.
The claim linking a teenager’s stroke to the COVID vaccine is unsupported, as the stroke was caused by a virus, not the vaccine.
The drop in flu cases during 2020–2021 is due to COVID-related protective measures that protect people from respiratory infection like masking and distancing.
A tweet falsely claims a document reveals harmful vaccine ingredients, but it misunderstands the vaccine manufacturing process.
COVID mRNA vaccines do not cause heart problems or strokes; research shows that COVID infection, not the vaccine, increases the risk of serious cardiac events.
The claim that COVID vaccines killed as many people as the virus is false; CDC data shows only 9 vaccine-related deaths compared to over 1.4 million COVID deaths in the U.S.